Catecholamine Surge during Image-Guided Ablation of Adrenal Gland Metastases: Predictors, Consequences, and Recommendations for Management.
Publication/Presentation Date
3-1-2016
Abstract
PURPOSE: To identify retrospectively predictors of catecholamine surge during image-guided ablation of metastases to the adrenal gland.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between 2001 and 2014, 57 patients (39 men, 18 women; mean age, 65 y ± 10; age range, 41-81 y) at two academic medical centers underwent ablation of 64 metastatic adrenal tumors from renal cell carcinoma (n = 27), lung cancer (n = 23), melanoma (n = 4), colorectal cancer (n = 3), and other tumors (n = 7). Tumors measured 0.7-11.3 cm (mean, 4 cm ± 2.5). Modalities included cryoablation (n = 38), radiofrequency (RF) ablation (n = 20), RF ablation with injection of dehydrated ethanol (n = 10), and microwave ablation (n = 4). Fisher exact test, univariate, and multivariate logistical regression analysis was used to evaluate factors predicting hypertensive crisis (HC).
RESULTS: HC occurred in 31 sessions (43%). Ventricular tachycardia (n = 1), atrial fibrillation (n = 2), and troponin leak (n = 4) developed during HC episodes. HC was significantly associated with maximum tumor diameter ≤ 4.5 cm (odds ratio [OR], 26.36; 95% confidence interval [CI], 5.26-131.99; P < .0001) and visualization of normal adrenal tissue on CT or MR imaging before the procedure (OR, 8.38; 95% CI, 2.67-25.33; P < .0001). No HC occurred during ablation of metastases in previously irradiated or ablated adrenal glands.
CONCLUSIONS: Patients at high risk of catecholamine surge during ablation of non-hormonally active adrenal metastases can be identified by the presence of normal adrenal tissue and tumor diameter ≤ 4.5 cm on pre-procedure CT or MR imaging.
Volume
27
Issue
3
First Page
395
Last Page
402
ISSN
1535-7732
Published In/Presented At
Fintelmann, F. J., Tuncali, K., Puchner, S., Gervais, D. A., Thabet, A., Shyn, P. B., Arellano, R. S., Tatli, S., Mueller, P. R., Silverman, S. G., & Uppot, R. N. (2016). Catecholamine Surge during Image-Guided Ablation of Adrenal Gland Metastases: Predictors, Consequences, and Recommendations for Management. Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR, 27(3), 395–402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvir.2015.11.034
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology
PubMedID
26724964
Department(s)
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Document Type
Article